Defect / Water Leak Remediation

On a hillside in Washougal, Washington.

Water showing up at the top interior side of the large vinyl picture window.

Mostly shows up when the wind blows the rain in from a certain direction.

The pump-jacks allow us the access for a up-close inspection.

Opened caulking seams should not translate into water penetration into the wall cavity. The moisture barrier should be doing its job providing a barrier.

Here we see one of the reasons water is getting behind the barrier. The nailing-fin at the bottom of the upper window should be overlapping the moisture-barrier, but as you can see, it’s the other way around.

Here’s another issue…a relatively large gaping hole in the barrier. The photo makes it look like the fabric is being held up by David Castro’s hand…but this is actually exactly what it looked like when the siding was removed.

Tim Afonin goes about applying his expertise.

We were fortunate to encounter blue skies during this job we did in early February. Although we would have proceeded rain or shine. There’s no being a “fair-weather” much of anything in the Willamette Valley.

The sky is just turning grey as we button the wall back up with Hardi-Plank siding.